Monthly Archives: August 2013

On Saturday, 31st August 2013, Table View Lions Club sold cups of soup @ R10 each to raise funds for Peninsula School Feeding Association. They were positioned at the exit/entrance of the new Food Lovers Market store, Emporium in Sunningdale from 9am to 2pm.

It was a great PR exercise as membership brochures and LCI videos were displayed for the public to peruse. The community were generous in their monetary donations and over 150 cups were sold. The balance of the soup was donated to TLC for their Street Children.

Mr Riaan van Zyl of Kalk Bay with his Lions Clubs International District 410A Humanitarian Award. Photo by Clive Fox

Internationally acclaimed artist Mr Riaan van Zyl of Kalk Bay is the latest recipient of the prestigious Lions Louis Volks Humanitarian Award. It is given to those who give dedicated and distinguished service to the community.

Presented by Lions Clubs International District 410A it is a fitting tribute to his caring concern for others. The humanitarian award commemorates the vision and service of Past District Governor Louis Volks whose efforts led to the founding of Lionism in Southern Africa.

Mr van Zyl conceptualised and decorated the Lion of Lions which district 410A sponsored in the recent Pride of Cape Town marketing and fundraising project of the Born Free Foundation.

The Lion model was then converted into the Roaring Lion which was activated by a R5 coin donation. This greatly appealed to children and tourists alike whilst on public display.

The Roaring Lion of District 410A

The decoration and material was collected and sponsored by the artist with paint and sealers from Jack’s Paint & Hardware, Edgemead. Mr Clive Fox, Lions district 410A marketing officer explained that it took many hours to complete the entire surface of the nearly two metre long model.

Mr van Zyl is a staunch supporter of the Stop Hunger Now feeding project as well as other selected causes.

Unloading in Kalk Bay after an interesting journey which attracted much interest from tourists and locals alike

Riaan bought the world maps from second hand book shops and markets, carefully cut out each country, applied glue and stuck them on the model

Lion Llen Labuscagne records the process for the television documentary for CTTV

Riaan paints the Lion’s mane and then it is collected and delivered to Progressive Electronics in Goodwood. After a few days of planning the Lion of Lions is then converted to the ‘Roaring Lion” – an idea generated by DC Clive Fox to attract greater public interest.

Riaan paints the Lion’s mane

A relaxed Riaan at the V & A Waterfront after touching up his artwork. The other decorated Lion entries can be seen in the background

Mounted on a three ply baseboard the Lion’s Lion is ready to go on display and Lion Judy young was there to give a hand

Our first technical hitch was resolved by fitting the Lion with a rechargeable small battery. But it could not cope with demand and was finally replaced with a 12 volt battery hidden under an upturned wine box supplied by Vaughan Johnson at the Wine Shop.

On the way for public display at the Food Court entrance at the Waterfront

In position but without the promised mains electricity

Powering up

Then we needed the services of locally based Lions to empty the coin box and do any minor repairs so Lions Alan Abrahamson (Kirstenbosch) and Lion Janine (Sea Point) offered to assist.

On completion of the public display the Lion was moved to an interim storage area, tidied up and the coin unit removed prior to being auctioned at Moyo Restaurant. The auction took place during MD Convention so the event was only recorded for the television programme. The successful bidder Mr Deon Conradie CEO of RandTrust bought it for R10000 because both he and his children liked it so much.

Once our Lion was working the kids came rushing for a ride and to hear it roar

Finally, the Roaring Lion is fully operational with all its signage and was on display for over five weeks

Links

Leos District 410ALeo club members are young adults who are interested in meeting other young adults, enjoying socials together, as well as doing community service projects to improve the lives of others. Leo Clubs are a project of Lions Clubs International, thus adhere to the same basic principles.

Lions Clubs InternationalThe Lions Clubs of Southern Africa, Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho are all member clubs of Lions Clubs International. Founded in Chicago, USA in 1917 and in Southern Africa in 1957 it is the world’s largest most active voluntary community service organisation.

LionNetLionNet is a network of national and state level service sites called LionNet Nodes. They aim to promote the use of the Internet to members of Lions Clubs International.

Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF)Use the LCIF Website to find the information and resources you need to apply for a grant, obtain outreach materials, donate to the latest disaster campaign and support the Foundation.

Lions News NetworkThe Lions News Network (LNN) is the resource for all our video and PSA programs. Lions do whatever is needed to help our local communities and our global network. Watch our videos to learn more about the community service we provide.

Lions Clubs District 410-A

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